#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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133 participants (790 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

For readers who'd like to stretch themselves with a numeric goal of reading more Asian authors, this challenge is for you! (For those who would like 9 prompts to diversify their reading of Asian authors, look up the #ReadAsianAuthors2025 challenge). 

Challenge Books

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And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight by Lynn Xu

And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight

Lynn Xu

192 pages • 2022 • 2 editions

challenging dark emotional fast-paced
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki #1

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

Baek Se-hee

205 pages • 2018 • 79 editions

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional reflective medium-paced
The Perfect Escape by Suzanne Park

The Perfect Escape

Suzanne Park

320 pages • 2020 • 7 editions

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted fast-paced
Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin

Winter in Sokcho

Elisa Shua Dusapin

154 pages • 2016 • 43 editions

fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak

354 pages • 2021 • 76 editions

fiction historical literary magical realism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star by Mayukh Sen

Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star

Mayukh Sen

320 pages • 2025 • 2 editions

nonfiction biography informative reflective sad medium-paced
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

Katabasis

R.F. Kuang

540 pages • 2025 • 19 editions

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Yours, Eventually by Nura Maznavi

Yours, Eventually

Nura Maznavi

400 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

fiction romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Desert Queen by Jyoti Rajan Gopal

Desert Queen

Jyoti Rajan Gopal

56 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World by Tiffany Yu

The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World

Tiffany Yu

9h 30m • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction politics self help sociology hopeful informative reflective medium-paced